Hose-supporter.



PATENTED JULY 7, 1908.

P. COHEN. HOSE SUPPORTER. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 4, 1908.

v No. 892,651.

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PHILIP 00mm, or WALTHAM, MASSACHUSETTS.

HOSE-SUPPORTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 7, 1908.

Application filed March 4, 1908. Serial No. 419,076.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PHILIP COHEN, of Wal than), county of Middlesex,State of Massachusetts, have inventedan Improvement in Hose Supporters,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to hose-supporters, and has for its object toprovide a hose-supporter with improved means for engaging the ose, theparts of which are contiguously disposed, so as to occupy but littlespace, and are securely held against displacement relative to eachother, yet permitted, one to swing and the other to bend, for the urposeof manipulating them 'to engage an disengage the hose.

Figure'l is a erspective view of a 1hose- 1g. 2 is a detail of themetallic button-engagingI plate. Fig. 3 is a detail of the flexible but'ton-s11 pporting tab. Fig. 4 is a section showmg particularly thefastening by which the tab and plate are held from displacement themetal relative to each other. Fig. 5 is a sectional detail of thefastening for connecting the tab to the loop, and for holding the platefrom displacement.

a represents the elastic band which extends around the leg, having aneye-plate a at the end, which is adapted to engage a hook a formed on aplate a which is slotted to receive the elastic band.

11 represents a flexible band which is folded 'upon itself to form aloop. This loop depends from the plate (L3. It may be made elastic ifdesired. It is'herein shown as a continuation of the same band whichextends around the leg. It supports a metallic plate c, and a tab (Z,which are arranged thereon and which are contiguously disposed,.so as tooccupy but little space. The metal plate 0 is slotted at its upper endas at c to receive the loop, and has an opening 0 throiwh it which ismade wide at its upper end anu narrow at its lower end. Such a plate iscommon in hose supporters. The tab (1, is composed of leather. It ismade of a shape and size to correspond to the shape and size of late a.It has a slot (1 at its upper end wliich'receives the loop, and it has abutton (it .at its lower end projecting outward from its front sidewhich isadapted to enter the opening in the metal late 0. This button isriveted to the tab. W hen the plate and tab are contiguously dis osed,the slots at the upper ends thereof, w ich receive the loo register witheach other, and the plate ant tab when arranged on said loop occupy butlittle space.

' The upper end of the tab is extended beyond the upper end of theplate, as represented at (if, and a fastening e, such for instance as atwo. pronged sta le, is driven through both the front and ack ortions ofthe loop and through the extenslon d of the tab to thereby securelyconnect the tab with the loop. The fastening e which thus secures thetab to the loop is located just above the up er end of the plate,and'thereby serves to hold said plate in correct osition relative to thetab at all times. ith a plate and tab thus connected with the loop theplate is permitted to swin or to be lifted with respect to the tab, an(the tab is permitted to bond, for the pur ose of engaging or disengagingthe hose without displacement of one with respect to the other.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is I.

In a hose-supporter, a flexible tab having a button, a plate having abutton-receiving opening, said late and tab being contiguously disposedand each having a slot, 2. flexible band )assing through said slots andformed into a loop, said tab having its upper end extended beyond theupper end of the --plate'and a fastening passing through both portionsof the loop and through theextended portion of the tab at a point abovethe plate, to thereby connect the tab with. the loopand hold the platewith respect to the tab, permitting the tab to bend and the plate toswing when engaging or disengaging the hose, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.-

' PHILIP ((lllEN.

Witnesses:

' B. J. Norns, H. B. DAVIS.

